Janice Biala

Janice Biala (b.1903 - d.September 24, 2000) was a Polish-born American painter well regarded both in France and the United States for her paintings of intimate interiors, portraits of her famous friends, and the places she traveled. In 1930, on a trip to Paris, she met and fell in love with the English Novelist, Ford Madox Ford. Remaining with Ford until his death in 1939, Biala became the perfect representation of American bohemia in France signing her paintings simply as Biala. Following the death of Ford in 1939, Biala returned to New York where she became one of the few women associated with the New York School befriending painter Willem de Kooning and critic Harold Rosenberg among others. In 1950 she participated in the important abstract expressionist discussion group at Studio 35 and exhibited frequently at the Stable Gallery.

She married artist Daniel 'Alain' Brustlein, a cartoonist for the New Yorker, and the couple began a life long process of living and exhibiting between Paris and New York.

Biala's unique contribution to the rise of modernism was celebrated throughout her lifetime from New York City to Paris. The albums of art history remark on her sublime assimilation of the School of Paris and the New York School of abstract expressionism. Her career as an artist spans nearly eight decades and two continents.

The above short biography was composed by Jason Andrew, Archivist for the Estate of Janice Biala.

REFERENCES

* View the paintings by Janice Biala. [http://www.tibordenagy.com]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

* Marika Herskovic, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/50253062&tab=holdings "American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey,"] (New York School Press, 2003.) ISBN 0-9677994-1-4
* Marika Herskovic, [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/50666793&tab=holdings "New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists,"] (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6